2012-12-26
2013-01-03
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now you are listening to jim rand, democrat from maryland. let's listen in. >> we will have none of those resources to make that investment after we make this vote tonight. and the problem is we set up three more fiscal cliffs. we are going to have to deal with the debt ceiling. we are going to have to deal with the continuing resolution. expiration. and we will have to deal with the sequester. and all that is left is spending cuts so the only question we have to ask ourselves is what programs do we cut and how deep do we cut them? we got to look back on this night and regret it not withstanding the fact that 95% of it apparently will vote for it. thank you, mr. chairman. >> i'm prepared to close. >> the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. >> i now yield one minute to the gentleman from new york. >> bret: i said jim moran from maryland. from virginia. heated up about the fiscal cliff debates yet to come. and he is right. one will start just after this one if in fact this bill passes because the debt ceiling debate will begin soon after that as we talked about tonight with the pan

. they put all the bankers in jail and the corrupt politicians, and then they fixed the government. host: jim from montana offering his take. paula curry writes in -- i want to go to manitoba, canada, daniel is waiting to offer his take on the west fiscal cliff negotiations. caller: good morning. i wish a merry christmas and mary new york -- happy new year to all americans, i wish all of them happiness, health, and good things. what i want to say to all the people of america -- at the time of the hostage situation in iran, i worked there until two weeks before that disaster. i was also a victim of that. i was for many months in the hospital. i follow always america everywhere. i appreciate how you people work together and make america number one. host: do you think america's working together right now in this fiscal cliff negotiant that is causing friction in washington? caller: absolutely, it is so beautiful to see. they are doing their best. i am not there in the party, but i want to read about the differences, why america is america, and why not it is not -- why it is not other countries.

for this country. host: we move on to jim in fort myers, fla. caller: thank you for taking my call. what is your suggestions to solve these problems? are you still for the electoral college system? how will you improve the campaign financing? i would like to hear what you thought after all of your research. guest: there are a few different ways to go. i do not advocate a particular policy position, but there are some implications. in terms of fund-raising, it is a result of low contribution limits, with rapidly rising campaign costs. if you favor the public system, you will want to revamp its note it offers a larger pool -- so it offers a larger pool to opt in. that would limit the amount of time presidents have to campaign. you might see the problem is the contribution limit. contribution limits on the amount of money you can give are small relative to the amount of money it takes to run a campaign. you might say to raise the contribution limits. with the electoral college, if it were abolished and we elect our presidents through a national popular vote, you could have a lively debate. voters i

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